# A bureaucratic boondoggle

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2017-05-06

bloomberg-tv, building-homes, greater-toronto-area, home-builder, housing-supply, mattamy-homes, peter-gilgan, toronto, uncategorized

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Below is a brief interview with Peter Gilgan from Bloomberg North. Peter is the CEO of [Mattamy Homes](https://mattamyhomes.com/), which is the largest home builder in the Greater Toronto Area.

In this video he talks about his concerns around a housing bubble and how the government is choking off housing supply in this region – leaving his sales offices mostly closed.

He’s absolutely right in that everything does seem to take longer, and longer. But I suspect that some of you will debate his comment that homeownership should be considered a right.

Is renting a bad thing?

If you can’t see the video below, [click here](http://bloombergtv.ca/2017-05-02/news/mattamy-homes-torontos-housing-supply-woes-stem-from-government/).

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/a-bureaucratic-boondoggle)*